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Hubble showed a spiral galaxy in the constellation Apus

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed spiral galaxy IC 4633, located 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Apusa. This was reported by the ESA observatory, according

Hubble showed a spiral galaxy in the constellation Apus
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photographed spiral galaxy IC 4633, located 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Apusa.

This was reported by the ESA observatory, according to Ukrinform’s report.

It is stated that IC 4633 is a galaxy with high star-forming activity and an active galactic nucleus. It’s mostly tilted toward Earth, which gives astronomers a pretty good view of its stars.

At the same time, ESA noted that they could not fully evaluate the properties of this galaxy because it was partially obscured by a dark dust band.

This dark nebula is part of the Chameleon star-forming region located near the Milky Way galaxy.

In the visible part of the galaxy, you can see a disk consisting of numerous tightly twisted spiral “arms”. You can see the glowing spots of star formation on the left side of the image. The entire right side and part of the center are covered by a large, dark gray gas cloud.

As reported by Ukrinform, Hubble showed a star cluster in the Table Mountain constellation.

Photo: ESA/Hubble and NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Research/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Source: Ukrinform

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